“Latvian Duo Advancing to Quarter-Finals with Win over Dutch Pair at Olympic Selection Tournament in Brazil”

The Latvian duo, seeded sixth in the competition, defeated the second pair of the competition from the Netherlands, Katja Stam/Raisa Shona, 2-1 (21:17, 19:21, 16:14).

The statistics show that the Latvian duo was better in attack (39:28), there was a balance in serving (4:4), but the Dutch women were better in the block (6:4) and also made fewer mistakes (8:14).

In the quarter-finals, they will play against the Australians Talika Clancy and Meraife Artaco del Solar (4th), who won the first place in their group.

The Latvian duo has already earned 760 world ranking points for their performance in Brazil.

It has already been reported that in the matches of Group C, the Latvians beat the Brazilian duet Taina Silva/Viktoria Lopez (14) who overcame the qualification with 2-0 (21:14, 21:19), with 1-2 (21:19, 22:24, 11: 15) lost to the USA pair Sarah Hughes/Kelly Chen (3rd) and in the fight for the second place in the group with 2-0 (21:17, 21:15) defeated the Americans Sarah Sponsil and Teresa Cannon (11th).

The battle for ranking points in the Olympic selection continues in Brazil, which will last until June 9, 2024, with the 17 best women’s and men’s teams getting a ticket to the Paris Olympic Games.

In the first stage of the season in Doha, Graudiņa/Samoilova won the fourth place, but in the Mexican city of Tepic they took a shared 13th place.